| Literature DB >> 31342057 |
Laura C Fanucchi1, Sharon L Walsh2, Alice C Thornton3, Paul A Nuzzo2, Michelle R Lofwall2.
Abstract
In a pilot randomized trial in persons with opioid use disorder hospitalized with injection-related infections, an innovative care model combining outpatient parenteral antimicrobial therapy with buprenorphine treatment had similar clinical and drug use outcomes to usual care (inpatient intravenous antibiotic completion) and shortened hospital length of stay by 23.5 days. CLINICAL TRIALS REGISTRATION: NCT03048643.Entities:
Keywords: antibiotics; buprenorphine; endocarditis; injection-drug use; opioid-related disorders
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Year: 2020 PMID: 31342057 PMCID: PMC7931831 DOI: 10.1093/cid/ciz654
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Clin Infect Dis ISSN: 1058-4838 Impact factor: 9.079